The impact of ownership structure on wage intensity in Japanese corporations

Journal of Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 278-300

  Yoshikawa, Toru ^a   Phan, Phillip H ^b   David, Parthiban ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Human capital theory; Japan; Ownership structure; Theory of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244458313     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206304271766     Document Type: Article

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